Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
6
PSALMS: 6, 36, 66, 96, 126
PROVERBS:
6
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 9:1 -
10:22
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 8:4 - 21
PSALMS:
6
For
the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.
A A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be
merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
O
LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
3
My
soul is in anguish.
How
long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn,
O LORD, and deliver me;
save
me because of your unfailing love.
5
No
one remembers you when he is dead.
Who
praises you from the grave B?
6
I
am worn out from groaning;
all
night long I flood my bed with weeping
and
drench my couch with tears.
7
My
eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they
fail because of all my foes.
8
Away
from me, all you who do evil,
for
the LORD has heard my weeping.
9
The
LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the
LORD accepts my prayer.
10
All
my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they
will turn back in sudden disgrace. [1]
PSALMS: 36
For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD.
1
An
oracle is within my heart
concerning
the sinfulness of the wicked: A
There
is no fear of God
before
his eyes.
2
For
in his own eyes he flatters himself
too
much to detect or hate his sin.
3
The
words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
he
has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4
Even
on his bed he plots evil;
he
commits himself to a sinful course
and
does not reject what is wrong.
5
Your
love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your
faithfulness to the skies.
6
Your
righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your
justice like the great deep.
O
LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7
How
priceless is your unfailing love!
Both
high and low among men
find
B refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8
They
feast on the abundance of your house;
you
give them drink from your river of delights.
9
For
with you is the fountain of life;
in
your light we see light.
10
Continue
your love to those who know you,
your
righteousness to the upright in heart.
11
May
the foot of the proud not come against me, [2]
nor
the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12
See
how the evildoers lie fallen--
thrown
down, not able to rise! [3]
PSALMS: 66
For
the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1
Shout
with joy to God, all the earth!
2
Sing
the glory of his name;
make
his praise glorious!
3
Say
to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So
great is your power
that
your enemies cringe before you.
4
All
the earth bows down to you;
they
sing praise to you,
they
sing praise to your name."
Selah
5
Come
and see what God has done,
how
awesome his works in man's behalf!
6
He
turned the sea into dry land,
they
passed through the waters on foot--
come,
let us rejoice in him.
7
He
rules forever by his power,
his
eyes watch the nations--
let
not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah
8
Praise
our God, O peoples,
let
the sound of his praise be heard;
9
he
has preserved our lives
and
kept our feet from slipping.
10
For
you, O God, tested us;
you
refined us like silver.
11
You
brought us into prison
and
laid burdens on our backs.
12
You
let men ride over our heads; [4]
we
went through fire and water,
but
you brought us to a place of abundance.
13
I
will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and
fulfill my vows to you--
14
vows
my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when
I was in trouble.
15
I
will sacrifice fat animals to you
and
an offering of rams;
I
will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16
Come
and listen, all you who fear God;
let
me tell you what he has done for me.
17
I
cried out to him with my mouth;
his
praise was on my tongue.
18
If
I had cherished sin in my heart,
the
Lord would not have listened;
19
but
God has surely listened
and
heard my voice in prayer.
20
Praise
be to God,
who
has not rejected my prayer
or
withheld his love from me! [5]
PSALMS: 96
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song;
sing
to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Sing
to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim
his salvation day after day.
3
Declare
his glory among the nations,
his
marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4
For
great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he
is to be feared above all gods.
5
For
all the gods of the nations are idols,
but
the LORD made the heavens.
6
Splendor
and majesty are before him;
strength
and glory are in his sanctuary.
7
Ascribe
to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe
to the LORD glory and strength.
8
Ascribe
to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring
an offering and come into his courts.
9
Worship
the LORD in the splendor of his A holiness;
tremble
before him, all the earth.
10
Say
among the nations, "The LORD
reigns."
The
world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he
will judge the peoples with equity.
11
Let
the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let
the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12
let
the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then
all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13
they
will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
he
comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples in his truth. [6]
PSALMS: 126
A
song of ascents.
1
When
the LORD brought back the captives to A Zion,
we
were like men who dreamed. B
2
Our
mouths were filled with laughter,
our
tongues with songs of joy.
Then
it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for
them."
3
The
LORD has done great things for us,
and
we are filled with joy.
4
Restore
our fortunes, C O LORD,
like
streams in the Negev.
5
Those
who sow in tears
will
reap with songs of joy.
6
He
who goes out weeping,
carrying
seed to sow,
will
return with songs of joy,
carrying
sheaves with him. [7]
PROVERBS: 6
6
1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if
you have struck hands in pledge for another,
2
if
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared
by the words of your mouth,
3
then
do this, my son, to free yourself,
since
you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go
and humble yourself;
press
your plea with your neighbor!
4
Allow
no sleep to your eyes,
no
slumber to your eyelids.
5
Free
yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like
a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6
Go
to the ant, you sluggard;
consider
its ways and be wise!
7
It
has no commander,
no
overseer or ruler,
8
yet
it stores its provisions in summer
and
gathers its food at harvest.
9
How
long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When
will you get up from your sleep?
10
A
little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest--
11
and
poverty will come on you like a bandit
and
scarcity like an armed man. A
12
A
scoundrel and villain,
who
goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13
who winks with his eye,
signals
with his feet
and
motions with his fingers,
14
who plots evil with deceit in his heart--
he
always stirs up dissension.
15
Therefore
disaster will overtake him in an instant; [8]
he
will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
16
There
are six things the LORD hates,
seven
that are detestable to him:
17
haughty
eyes,
a
lying tongue,
hands
that shed innocent blood,
18
a
heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet
that are quick to rush into evil,
19
a
false witness who pours out lies
and
a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
20
My
son, keep your father's commands
and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21
Bind
them upon your heart forever;
fasten
them around your neck.
22
When
you walk, they will guide you;
when
you sleep, they will watch over you;
when
you awake, they will speak to you.
23
For
these commands are a lamp,
this
teaching is a light,
and
the corrections of discipline
are
the way to life,
24
keeping
you from the immoral woman,
from
the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25
Do
not lust in your heart after her beauty
or
let her captivate you with her eyes,
26
for
the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and
the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27
Can
a man scoop fire into his lap
without
his clothes being burned?
28
Can
a man walk on hot coals
without
his feet being scorched?
29
So
is he who sleeps with another man's wife; [9]
no
one who touches her will go unpunished.
30
Men
do not despise a thief if he steals
to
satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31
Yet
if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though
it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32
But
a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever
does so destroys himself.
33
Blows
and disgrace are his lot,
and
his shame will never be wiped away;
34
for
jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and
he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35
He
will not accept any compensation;
he
will refuse the bribe, however great it is. [10]
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 9:1 -
10:22
9
1
Hear,
O Israel. You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations
greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky.
2
The
people are strong and tall--Anakites! You know about them and have heard it
said: "Who can stand up against the Anakites?" 3 But be assured today
that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring
fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive
them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
4
After
the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The
LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my
righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the
LORD is going to drive them out before you. 5 It is not because of
your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of
their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God
will drive them out before you, [11]
to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 6
Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the
LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a
stiff-necked people.
7
Remember
this and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the desert.
From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious
against the LORD. 8 At Horeb you aroused the LORD's wrath so that he
was angry enough to destroy you. 9 When I went up on the mountain to
receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made
with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread
and drank no water. 10 The LORD gave me two stone tablets inscribed
by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments the LORD proclaimed to
you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.
11
At
the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone
tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the LORD told me,
"Go down from here at once, because [12]your
people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away
quickly from what I commanded them and have made a cast idol for
themselves."
13
And
the LORD said to me, "I have seen this people, and
they are a stiff-necked people indeed! 14 Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their
name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more
numerous than they."
15
So
I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the
two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. A 16 When I
looked, I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for
yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly
from the way that the LORD had commanded you. 17 So I took the two
tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your
eyes.
18
Then
once again I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I
ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing
what was evil in [13]the
LORD's sight and so provoking him to anger. 19 I feared the anger and
wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again
the LORD listened to me. 20 And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron
to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. 21 Also I
took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the
fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the
dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.
22
You
also made the LORD angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.
23
And
when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, "Go up and take possession of the land I have given
you." But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did
not trust him or obey him. 24 You have been rebellious against the
LORD ever since I have known you.
25
I
lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights because the LORD
had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed to the LORD and said, "O
Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you
redeemed by your great power and brought [14]
out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and
their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will
say, `Because the LORD was not able to take them into the land he had promised
them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the
desert.' 29 But they are your people, your inheritance that you
brought out by your great power and your outstretched
arm."
10
1
At
that time the LORD said to me, "Chisel out two stone
tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a
wooden chest. A 2 I will
write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Then you are to put them in the chest."
3
So
I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the
first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
4 The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the [15]
Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on
the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. 5 Then I came
back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD
commanded me, and they are there now.
6
(The
Israelites traveled from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. There Aaron
died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. 7
From there they traveled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with
streams of water. 8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi
to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to
minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today. 9
That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers;
the LORD is their inheritance, as the LORD your God told them.)
10
Now
I had stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as I did the first time, and
the LORD listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.
11
At
the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone
tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the LORD told me,
"Go down from here at once, because your people whom
you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from
what I commanded them and have made a cast idol for themselves."
13
And
the LORD said to me, "I have seen this people, and
they are a stiff-necked people indeed! 14 Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their
name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more
numerous than they."
15
So
I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the
two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. A 16 When I
looked, I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for
yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly
from the way that the LORD had commanded you. 17 So I took the two
tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your
eyes. [16]
18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days
and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you
had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and so provoking him to
anger. 19 I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry
enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me. 20
And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time
I prayed for Aaron too. 21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours,
the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground
it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down
the mountain.
22
You
also made the LORD angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah. [17]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 8:4 - 21
4
While
a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after
town, he told this parable: 5 "A farmer
went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the
path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.
6
Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no
moisture. 7
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.
8
Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred
times more than was sown."
When
he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear,
let him hear."
9
His
disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been
given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,
"`though
seeing, they may not see;
though
hearing, they may not understand.' A
11
"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of
God. 12 Those along the [18] path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and
takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be
saved. 13 Those on the rock are the
ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root.
They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
14 The seed that fell among thorns
stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's
worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and
good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
16
"No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he
puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
17
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed
that will not be known or brought out into the open. 18
Therefore
consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does
not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."
[19]
19
Now
Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near
him because of the crowd. 20 Someone told him, "Your mother and
brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."
21
He
replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear
God's word and put it into practice." [20]
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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